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  1. ApoE4 and Psychosis in Neurodegenerative and Non-Neurodegenerative Disease: A Scoping Review 2026-10-27
  2. Multimodal mediators connecting APOE4 to dementia 2026-10-21
  3. Reproductive Aging, FSH, and Apolipoprotein Biology in Alzheimer’s Disease 2026-10-19

Studies

1,612 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1982 to 2026

Top journals

  • Neurology 93
  • The Journal of biological chemistry 68
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 52
  • Archives of neurology 43
  • Neurobiology of aging 38

457 journals in all.

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  1. Network connectivity and amyloid-β align with tau in atypical Alzheimer disease subtypes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy 2026-08-14 Brain scans and imaging

    Converging evidence suggests that accumulation may be driven by spreading through network connections and/or interactions with amyloid-β (Aβ).

  2. Effects of sexual differentiation and APOE genotype on the development of Alzheimer-related pathology in female EFAD mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 33 out of 100. Biology of Sex Differences 2026-08-12 Genetics

    These findings suggest that sexual differentiation in early life has modest effects on adult development of AD in females, a relationship that appeared stronger in the context of APOE4 .

  3. Apoptosis protein markers in comorbid type 2 diabetes mellitus and depression; relationships with cognitive performance, incident dementia, and white matter hyperintensities

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Journal of Affective Disorders 2026-08-05 Vascular contributions

    Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and major depressive disorder (MDD) are reciprocal risk factors, and both elevate dementia risk.

  4. Genetic Modifiers of ABCA1 Activity Interact with APOE Isoforms to Mediate Alzheimer's Disease Risk

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Annals of Neurology 2026-08-03 Genetics

    Damaging nonsynonymous ABCA1 variants had differential AD risk effects between APOE genotype groups and exhibited interaction effects with APOE ε2 and ε4.

  5. CD33 and clusterin interact biophysically and genetically to modulate Alzheimer risk

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Nature Communications 2026-07-17 Risk genes beyond APOE

    We report the results of structural, functional and genetic studies on the CD33 sialic acid- binding receptor that reveal how non-coding variants in CD33 alter risk for Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

  6. Orexin, Sleep, and Cognition in Alzheimer Disease: Non-REM Oscillatory Activity and Neural Resilience

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Neurology 2026-07-14 Tau biomarkers

    Sleep spindles (SPs) and slow oscillations (SOs) are linked to cognition and neurodegeneration; however, their relationship with CSF orexin concentrations in symptomatic AD has not been characterized.

  7. CD33 and clusterin interact biophysically and genetically to modulate Alzheimer risk

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 37 out of 100. DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) 2026-07-01 Genetics

    We show that CD33M ectodomain dimerizes, enabling binding of large multi-sialylated molecules.

  8. Anti-amyloid immunotherapy drives APOE4 specific increases in glial reactivity, perivascular immune activation, and ARIA-like events

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. bioRxiv 2026-06-29 Treatments

    Anti-amyloid antibodies represent the first disease modifying therapeutics for Alzheimers disease (AD).

  9. Lymphoid-like Suppressive Microglia in Alzheimer’s Disease: A New Neuroimmune Regulatory Axis?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. Cells 2026-06-24 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Microglia are central regulators of Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis, but their roles cannot be reduced to a simple protective-versus-harmful dichotomy.

  10. β-amyloid PET Signal Reduction in Regions with ARIA-E Following Anti-amyloid Therapy for Alzheimer Disease (P1-12.010)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. Neurology 2026-06-09 Biomarkers

    To determine the relationship between regional brain edema caused by anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody therapy (ARIA-E) and the degree of regional β-amyloid (Aβ) positron emission tomography (PET) signal reduction.

  11. CHMP2B p.Ala30Ser Variant in Biomarker-Confirmed Early-Onset Alzheimer Disease: A Potential Endolysosomal Disease Modifier

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 30 out of 100. Alzheimer disease and associated disorders 2026-06-04 Tau biomarkers

    Endolysosomal dysfunction has been increasingly implicated in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases.

  12. Differences in amyloid PET positivity based on ethnoracial group and social determinants of health: The new IDEAS study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) 2026-06-04 Risk factors

    Among 5757 participants (21.7% Black, 20.3% Latinx, 58.1% AORE), we found lower odds of amyloid positivity in Black (odds ratio [OR]: 0.72, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.62-0.83) and Latinx (OR: 0.78, 95% CI: 0.67-0.91) compared to AORE.

  13. Influence of Cardiometabolic and Alzheimer Disease Genetics on Cognitive-Related Outcomes in a Diverse Population

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Neurology 2026-06-03 Genetics

    Late-life dementia has a strong heritable component.

  14. Multi-Dimensional Transcriptomics Reveals the Prominent Role of Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2026-06-02 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's Disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, is pathologically defined by extracellular beta-amyloid (Aβ) plaques and intraneuronal neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), accompanied by chronic neuroinflammation.

  15. Transcriptome-informed metabolic modeling reveals astrocyte-specific vulnerabilities in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease progression

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Frontiers in Bioinformatics 2026-06-02 Mild cognitive impairment

    The analyses supported stage-dependent remodeling of astrocyte-associated transcriptional and metabolic programs during disease progression.

  16. Single-cell atlas reveals pathological amplification of aging programs and proteostasis collapse in microglia of Alzheimer′s disease mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 30 out of 100. DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) 2026-06-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The pathological activation of AD microglia significantly amplifies endogenous aging characteristics.

  17. Association of residential neighborhood disadvantage with amyloid PET positivity among cognitively impaired individuals

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 33 out of 100. Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) 2026-05-29 Risk factors

    Among 15,346 White, 829 Latino, 637 Black/African American, and 321 Asian individuals, 51% were female, mean age was 75.7 years, 535 (3.8%) resided in ADI 91 to 100 decile, and 61.6% were amyloid PET positive.

  18. Exploring the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer Disease in Basal Forebrain Cholinergic Neurons and Converging Insights from Alternative Hypothesis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 26 out of 100. International Journal of Drug Delivery Technology 2026-05-22 Genetics

    Alzheimer disease is characterized by gradual and progressive neurodegeneration caused by neuronal cell death.

  19. Advanced glycation end-products in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease: a review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 27 out of 100. Psychiatria i Psychologia Kliniczna 2026-05-21 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia and represents a growing global health challenge.

  20. Plasma ApoE proteotyping for ApoE ε4 stratification in the anti-amyloid therapies era

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2026-05-21 Genetics

    The ratio showed excellent separation across genotypes in our cohort.

  21. A plasma protein signature for cerebral amyloid angiopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Acta Neuropathologica 2026-05-20 Treatments

    Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a cerebrovascular disorder characterized by the deposition of amyloid-β (Aβ) in the walls of leptomeningeal and cortical blood vessels that increases risk of intracerebral hemorrhages and progressive cognitive decline.

  22. Association of neighborhood deprivation with Alzheimer's Disease pathology, brain structure, and cognition by race and ethnicity, sex, and APOE ε4 status

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2026-05-18 Risk factors

    We investigated associations of neighborhood disadvantage with Alzheimer's Disease (AD)-related outcomes by biological and social factors in at-risk older adults. 1,880 U.S. POINTER participants with Area Deprivation Index (ADI) and cognition (PACC) were included. 868 had amyloid, tau PET, white matter hyperintensities (WMH), and/or gray matter volumes.

  23. Using a 2-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) approach, we evaluated MR evidence for genetically proxied effects of 10 pre-specified gut bacterial classes on type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and Alzheimer disease (AD), and assessed MR evidence for a direct genetically proxied effect of T2DM on AD.

  24. Proteomic signatures of the APOE ε4 and APOE ε2 genetic variants and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Nature Aging 2026-05-15 Genetics

    The APOE locus is the strongest genetic factor for Alzheimer's disease, with ε4 increasing and ε2 decreasing risk, yet the basis of these opposing effects remains unclear.

  25. predALZ: An Ensemble Learning Framework for Identifying Genetic Biomarkers in Familial Alzheimer’s Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 29 out of 100. Current Drug Targets 2026-05-14 Genetics

    The predALZ framework achieved 94% accuracy on an independent test set and approximately 96% accuracy in cross-validation for Alzheimer-related driver gene prediction.

  26. Extracellular Vesicles in Alzheimer’s Disease: Mechanisms, Immunotherapy Links, and Clinical Translation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 33 out of 100. Current Pharmaceutical Design 2026-05-13 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by synaptic dysfunction, neuroinflammation, and cognitive impairment.

  27. Early syndecan-4 upregulation predicts cognitive and pathological trajectories in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy 2026-05-07 Biomarkers

    CSF SDC4 levels were elevated in AD, including the earliest preclinical stages, compared to controls and were closely associated with CSF and imaging biomarkers of amyloid and tau, and CSF biomarkers of neuronal and synaptic injury, astrocytic reactivity and microglial dysregulation.

  28. Differences in amyloid PET positivity based on ethnoracial group and social determinants of health: The new IDEAS study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2026-05-01 Risk factors

    Among 5757 participants (21.7% Black, 20.3% Latinx, 58.1% AORE), we found lower odds of amyloid positivity in Black (odds ratio [OR]: 0.72, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.62-0.83) and Latinx (OR: 0.78, 95% CI: 0.67-0.91) compared to AORE.

  29. Exceptional Longevity Modifying Allele APOE2 Promotes DNA Signaling Pathways Resisting Cellular Senescence in Human Neurons

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Aging cell 2026-05 Genetics

    Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified APOE2 allele as linked to exceptional longevity, with carriers exhibiting a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  30. Multi-ancestry transcriptome-wide association study reveals shared and population-specific genetic effects in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. American Journal of Human Genetics 2026-04-30 Genetics

    Alzheimer disease (AD) risk differs across ancestral populations, yet most genetic studies have focused on non-Hispanic White (NHW) cohorts.

  31. Oxygen extraction fraction is differentially associated with pathological biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease and non-Alzheimer’s dementias

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Frontiers in Neuroscience 2026-04-28 Cognitive tests and assessment

    In the AD and non-AD group, OEF showed negative associations with WMH in DGM and positive associations with MoCA in DGM and CGM.

  32. Ginkgo biloba and longitudinal changes in amyloid PET and plasma amyloid-β oligomerization in amyloid-positive mild cognitive impairment: A retrospective analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease 2026-04-15 Mild cognitive impairment

    In amyloid PET–positive MCI, Ginkgo biloba use was associated with sustained clinical stability, reduced plasma Aβ oligomerization tendency, and attenuation of amyloid PET progression over 18 months.

  33. Alzheimer's Disease Risk Factor APOE4 Exerts Dimorphic Effects on Female Bone

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 2026-04-13 Genetics

    Individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are at an increased risk of bone fracture, while osteoporosis in women is one of the earliest predictors of AD.

  34. Mendelian randomization study of genetic interactions between Alzheimer disease and celiac disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Medicine 2026-04-10 Genetics

    Epidemiological evidence suggests an association between celiac disease (CeD) and Alzheimer disease (AD).

  35. Immune–proteo–metabolomic changes link to Aβ and tau pathology in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2026-04-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Thirteen differentially expressed CSF proteins in A+T+ individuals correlated positively with tryptophan metabolites and pyroglutamate, and negatively with regulatory T cells, isobutyrate, and dendritic cells.

  36. Sex Differences in Amyloid Pathology by Race, Ancestry, and Apolipoprotein E ε4 in an Admixed Autopsy Sample

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2026-04-01 Genetics

    Female individuals had higher plaque burden than male individuals (unadjusted odds ratio [OR], 1.97; 95% CI, 1.67-2.29; P Conclusions and relevance The findings indicate that female sex, APOEε4, and both race and African ancestry were jointly associated with amyloid in this study population.

  37. Amyloid Imaging and APOE Genotype Disclosure and Short-Term Psychological Distress

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. JAMA Network Open 2026-03-30 Genetics

    Among 3414 included individuals, the mean (SD) age was 68.8 (6.0) years and 2116 (62%) were female.

  38. Exploring immediate responses to APOE ε 4/ε4 genotype and Alzheimer's disease risk disclosure in Latinos

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease 2026-03-30 Genetics

    Among most Latinos in northern Manhattan who learned they had an APOE ε4/ε4 genotype, disclosure did not provoke elevated levels of distress.

  39. Interactive effects of telomere length and genetic variants on Alzheimer disease risk across multiple ancestral populations

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy 2026-03-20 Genetics

    AD risk was associated with shorter TL (β = -0.48, P < 2 × 10–16).

  40. Meat Consumption and Cognitive Health by APOE Genotype

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. JAMA Network Open 2026-03-19 Genetics

    Among 2157 older adults without dementia (mean [SD] age 71.2 [9.2] years; 1337 female [62.0%]), 1680 participants had longitudinal cognition data and 569 participants (26.4%) had APOE34/44 genotypes.

  41. Liver–metabolic stress, apolipoprotein E ε4, and cognition and amyloid burden: findings from the dementia platform Korea trial-ready registry

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 2026-03-11 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Routine liver–metabolic indices were associated with cognitive performance, while FIB-4 stage showed effect modification by APOE ε4 in relation to both cognition and amyloid PET SUVR.

  42. Relationship between APOE Genotype Status and Imaging Features in Patients with Alzheimer Disease Being Considered for Antiamyloid β Therapy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. American Journal of Neuroradiology 2026-03-01 Genetics

    A total of 85 patients were included in the study with rare genotypes excluded from analysis (3 patients).

  43. The spleen–brain axis in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: Integrating immune and metabolic regulation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2026-03-01 Disease mechanisms

    Emerging evidence highlights the central role of peripheral immune-metabolic regulation in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD).

  44. Natural compounds as multitarget agents in Alzheimer's diseases: evidence from in vivo and in vitro models

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Frontiers in pharmacology 2026-02-23 Inflammation and the immune system

    Overall, the available evidence suggests that natural compounds confer multitarget neuroprotective effects that directly engage with key pathological mechanisms underlying AD.

  45. Genetic validation of ABI3 p.Ser209Phe variant and its effects on early brain pathology in asymptomatic elderly individuals

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2026-02-19 Health systems and care delivery

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) has a strong genetic component, with APOE ε4 being the most established risk factor through its effects on beta-amyloid (Aβ) metabolism and microglial function.

  46. Plasma Proteomic Analysis of APOE ε4 Homozygotes Identifies Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease Alterations Potentially Modulated by Semaglutide

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2026-02-17 Drug development

    Individuals who carry two copies of the apolipoprotein E ε4 ( APOE ε4) allele are at high risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD), yet the effects of APOE ε4 homozygosity on biological pathways related to AD over the lifespan are unknown.

  47. Neighborhood Socioeconomic Deprivation is Associated with Worse Cognitive Performance and in vivo Amyloid Accumulation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. NPJ dementia 2026-02-12 Risk factors

    Socioeconomic disadvantage (SED) has been associated with poorer brain health, yet its underlying pathology remains incompletely understood.

  48. Distinct regional patterns of synaptic vulnerability across hippocampal and parahippocampal subregions in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Brain Pathology 2026-02-09 Disease mechanisms

    Synaptic loss in the (para)hippocampus is a major contributor to cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD), yet its regional specificity and pathological correlates remain poorly understood.

  49. A common 19 bp APOE enhancer deletion is protective against Alzheimer's disease in African Americans

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Nature Communications 2026-02-02 Genetics

    The APOE-ε4/ε4 genotype is the strongest genetic risk factor for sporadic Alzheimer's disease, though the relative risk is diminished in individuals with African ancestry.

  50. Association of residential neighborhood disadvantage with amyloid PET positivity among cognitively impaired individuals

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging 2026-01-29 Risk factors

    Residence in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods may be associated with lower amyloid pathology in cognitively impaired individuals.

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